public-key infrastructure

Summary

public-key infrastructure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,625 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• public key is named after public-key infrastructure^[2].
• public-key infrastructure is a type of technical system^[3].
• public-key infrastructure is a type of cyberinfrastructure^[4].
• public-key infrastructure comprises digital certificate^[5].
• public-key infrastructure comprises certificate authority^[6].
• public-key infrastructure comprises registration authority^[7].
• public-key infrastructure comprises revocation list^[8].
• public-key infrastructure comprises directory service^[9].
• public-key infrastructure comprises Validation Authority^[10].
• public-key infrastructure comprises key authentication^[11].
• public-key infrastructure's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Public key infrastructure^[12].
• public-key infrastructure's facet of is recorded as cryptography^[13].
• public-key infrastructure's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/pki^[14].
• public-key infrastructure's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PKI'}^[15].
• public-key infrastructure's uses is recorded as public key^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include technical system^[3] and cyberinfrastructure^[4].

Origins

public key is named after public-key infrastructure^[2].

Use and Application

Components include digital certificate^[5]; certificate authority^[6]; registration authority^[7]; revocation list^[8], a list^[17]; directory service^[9], an Internet genre^[18]; and Validation Authority^[10], a system^[19].

Why It Matters

public-key infrastructure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,625 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]